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Worth held my gaze for several moments before nodding. “I suppose you should.”
When I was nearly to the door his voice stopped me. “Do you want to?”
“Do I want to what?”
“Do you want to go, or do you just think you should?”
“Worth, what was the point of you leaving the pool if we’re just going to keep doing this?”
Worth shook his head as if trying to free himself from a spell. “Fuck if I know. Go get dressed. We don’t want to be late.”
I rushed out the door, worried I might let myself stay if I didn’t get out quickly.
I fussed over my appearance far more than I would have if I’d been on my own. Far more than I ever had for Tommy—no matter how much he scolded me about the need to look perfect whenever he took me out. My concern tonight wasn’t about what anyone else expected. I wanted to look perfect tonight because I felt good when I looked good, and Worth was a man I actually wanted to impress. I did a final check of myself in the bathroom mirror before stepping out into the living room.
Worth was already there, sitting on one of the couches, looking at something on his phone. His eyes widened when he saw me. “You look so fucking good. Turn around.”
I didn’t protest his assumption that I would obey his command, I simply did as he asked.
When I was facing him again, Worth stood. “I am honored to take such a gorgeous man to dinner.”
“You…um…you don’t have to say things like that.”
He took hold of my chin, gently lifting it so I was looking right at him. “If you think that I don’t mean everything I say to you, you’re wrong. I’m not just flirting. I’m not trying to make you feel good. Okay, I am, but it’s all true. You…I…Fuck you’ve got me tongue-tied.”
“You look really good too.”
Worth smiled. He took a step back and spun around for me. “Someone chose the perfect outfit for the evening.”
He held out his hand, and I took it, letting him link our fingers together. He led me out of the villa and along the path toward the taxi stand. “We’re going somewhere outside the resort?”
“Yes.”
“But the food here is included.”
Worth raised his brows. “Did Beck tell you that?”
“Yes. Wait. Did he lie about that?”
“Everything automatically goes on our account, so in that sense it is included for you.”
“So he just didn’t want me rejecting his offer.”
Worth’s smiled. “I think you’re right and I’m glad he did.”
I huffed. “Aren’t a lot of these places all-inclusive?”
“Yes, but I like it here, because it’s the best, and that’s what I expect. Also, they know how to treat a special guest. I’m going to spend an obscene amount of money here. A lot of that I’m going to spend on you. It won’t make a dent in my bank account, so stop worrying about it. Just think of it like everything in Aruba is already paid for no matter where we go.”
“I was already doing that, but?—”
Worth pressed a finger to my lips and heat rushed through me. “I want to take you to dinner at my favorite restaurant on the island, and that’s where we’re going.”
I sighed. “Thank you.” There really was no point in arguing. He’d made it clear to me so many times that money didn’t matter to him. Even amounts that would ruin my budget for a year were pocket change to him. I needed to just let him—and Beck—spend their money. But it was really hard to not feel like it was wrong of me to let them spend so much and not try to pay some of it back.
“You deserve everything I’m going to buy for you here and more,” Worth said.
“I don’t know that that’s true.”
